Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

However, firms can efficiently increase margin growth without much revenue growth by managing to squeeze out their fixed costs to service the same level of output. So this measure may mislabel efficient companies as myopic. One way to gauge this is in how a firm treats its workforce in bad times.

Metrics 28

Metrics Study Cash Flow McKinsey 28

Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

A global survey of over 5000 CEOs revealed that greater than 60 percent of organizations anticipate introducing new products or services to fuel their growth. Company cultures centered on efficiency thinking have flooded the marketplace with low-cost, widely available products and resulted in tremendous waste and social issues (Brown, 2009).

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Culture Financial Leadership Deloitte 52

MishTalk

JANUARY 21, 2014

The 2008 crisis prompted a pause. In the decade before the 2008 financial crisis, trade was driving growth. Multinational companies were fanning out to diversify their production bases and markets. After the 2008 crisis, all big economies, mainly China and the United States, pursued serious stimulus.

Information Technology 74

Information Technology Information Technology Financial Policies 74

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

During the Great Recession of 2008, companies around the world downsized their workforces. American firms alone laid off more than 8 million workers from the end of 2008 to the middle of 2010. Many of these effects may have long-term consequences, like reduced innovation, that are not captured in short-term financial metrics.

Company 28

Company Balance Sheet Resources Financial 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate. These unpriced natural capital costs are generally internalized until events like floods or droughts cause disruption to production processes or commodity price fluctuation.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

What type of office design is best for productivity and engagement? We came to this hypothesis in part due to early research by Gina Venolia, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research , who conducted a 2008 study that examined the special problems faced by remote teammates at Microsoft. 77 hours compared to.85

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Travel Meeting Research 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. But in the last two contests in which Hillary Clinton has participated, the 2008 primary and the 2016 election, she won on most of these metrics — and lost the elections. The Supply Side I: Connectedness Matters More than Content or Money.

Media 31

Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 31